From 0 to 1: Learn Java Programming - Live Free, Learn To Code

Video Description

An accessible yet serious guide to Java programming for everyone

About This Video

This is a Java course for everyone. Whether you are a complete beginner (a liberal arts major, an accountant, doctor, and lawyer) or an engineer with some programming experience but looking to learn Java - this course is right for you.

The course is accessible because it assumes absolutely no programming knowledge, and quickly builds up using first principles alone

Even so, this is a serious Java programming class - the gradient is quite steep, and you will go from absolute beginner to an early intermediate level

The course is also quirky. The examples are irreverent. Lots of little touches: repetition, zooming out so we remember the big picture, active learning with plenty of quizzes. There’s also a peppy soundtrack, and art - all shown by studies to improve cognition and recall.

In Detail

A Java course for everyone - accessible yet serious, to take you from absolute beginner to an early intermediate level. What's Covered :

Programming Basics: What programming is, and a carefully thought-through tour of the basics of any programming. Installing and setting up an IDE and writing your first program. The Object-Oriented Paradigm: Classes, Objects, Interfaces, Inheritance; how an OO mindset differs from a functional or imperative programming mindset; the mechanics of OO - access modifiers, dynamic dispatch, abstract base classes v interfaces. The underlying principles of OO: encapsulation, abstraction, polymorphism. Threading and Concurrency: A deep and thorough study of both old and new ways of doing threading in Java: Runnables, Callables, Threads, processes, Futures, Executors. Reflection, Annotations: The how, what and why - also the good and bad. Lambda Functions: Functional constructs that have made the crossover into the mainstream of Java - lambda functions, aggregate operators. Modern Java constructs: Interface default methods; properties and bindings too. Also detailed coverage of Futures and Callables, as well as of Lambda functions, aggregation operators. JavaFX as contrasted with Swing. Packages and Jars: The plumbing is important to understand too. Language Features: Serialisation; why the Cloneable interface sucks; exception handling; the immutability of Strings; the Object base class; primitive and object reference types; pass-by-value and pass-by-object-reference. Design: The MVC Paradigm, Observer and Command Design Patterns. Swing: Framework basics; JFrames, JPanels and JComponents; Menus and menu handling; Trees and their nuances; File choosers, buttons, browser controls. A very brief introduction to JavaFX.